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Kevorkian Dropouts

Updated May 20, 1998 12:01 a.m. ET

A survey of 3,200 oncologists from the American Society of Clinical Oncology has found that the proportion of cancer doctors who support physician-assisted suicide in terminally ill patients has dropped to 22% from 45% in the past three years. The surveyed doctors also suggested that if patients have access to palliative care, their desire for an assisted suicide declines. But 25% of doctors still manage pain...